Label package and dispenser



y 2, 1953 w. F. SPURR 2,638,211

LABEL PACKAGE AND DISPENSER Filed July 10, 1951 Patented May 12, 1953 LABEL PACKAGE AND DISPENSER Winfred F. Spurr, Reading, Mass., assignor to Ace Art Company, Reading, Mass, a corporation of Massachusetts Application July 10, 1951, Serial No. 235,982

3 Claims. (Cl. 206-57) This invention relates to packages for labels, or the like, so constructed that the contents are presented for easy removal individually at all times.

One object of the present invention is to provide a package including a container for the articles which can be made up cheaply and expeditiously, and provided with means which, as the articles are removed, continues to press those remainingtoward removing position.

To this end the package comprises a container of suitable sheet material, such as cardboard, having a slot at one end through its top face through which the users finger may be passed to engage the exposed face of the outer article within the container, the articles being assembled in a stack or pack. Beneath the pack and opposite to the slot there is provided a packengaging element, preferably also formed of cardboard, and folded back and forth on itself a plurality of times to form a spring element on which the pack rests and which continues to press the articles in the pack into position for removal one by one as they are so removed.

If desired, and where there is sufficient room, the spring may be made integral with the blank from which the container for the package is made.

For a complete understanding of this invention, reference may be had to the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a package of labels embodying the invention, the package being partly open to facilitate removal of the labels.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the empty box or container, the cover having been removed.

Figure 3 is a sectional view on line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3, but showing the box filled and the cover in closed position.

Figure 5 is a perspective view showing the blank from which the box is made in partly folded condition.

Figure 6 is an exploded perspective view of the box and a separate spring member and illustrating a modified construction.

Figure 7 is a fragmentary sectional, view through the dispensing end of the box shown in Figure 6.

Figure 8 is a view similar to Figure 7 but showing the box filled.

Figure 9 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the dispensing end of the box of Figures 6, '7 and 8.

where the box contains labels, or the like, with inner inactivated-adhesive coated faces.

Referring first to Figures 1 to 5, there is shown a box formed up from sheet material. This sheet material may well be a single sheet of cardboard as shown in Figure 5. The cardboard blank may have a central base portion I and side portions 2. The side portions 2 maybe provided with end flaps 3 which when folded up may be inserted between doubled end walls 4, 5 and 6, l. The. end wall formed by the portions 5 and 1 may have a further extension 8 which may be turned inwardly to overlie the base I as shown best in Figures 3 and 4.

The opposite end wall formedof the folded portions l and 5 may have an integral extension Hi which overlies the base I and which has at its free end a crinkled portion ll formed by bending the material back and forth on itself a plurality of times to form a resilient portion having a foot 12 which overlies and rests upon the por tion 8. By folding or crinkling the material a plurality of times cardboard may be made sufficiently resilient to properly function.

A cover for the box may comprise a separate member I55 telescopically related to the main portion and having a slot It cutinwardly from its open edge, this cover member preferably having a bottom, sides, and top, and a rear closed end. The end adjacent to the slot iii may open for the reception of the main portion of the box.

Within the box may be positioned a pack of labels or other sheet materialpieces which it is desired to dispense one at a time therefrom, these being shown at 20 in Figure 4. It will be noted that the resilient crinkled portion H tends to press the pack 20 upwardly so that the upper element of the pack presents its upper face against the top face of the cover where it is readily accessible to the operators finger extending through the slot It. The upper edge of the end wall formed by the portions 6 and l is spaced from the forward edge 2| of the cover member sufficiently, particularly when the cover member is partly withdrawn as shown in Figure l, sothat the sheet material pieces may be removed easily through this space one by one, the finger of the operator engaging through the slot It with the upper face of the upper piece in the pack. As the labels or other sheet material pieces are removed, the spring element H extends and lifts this invention. The end wall from which the;

stack or pack of pieces is to be removed comprises a wall member 34 having an end extension 35" and provided with a cut-out dfieqatgthe. juncture between the portions 34 and 35.", The portionsgflllzi and 35 are folded together to form a double end wall as shown in Figures 7 ands, the openin ifi then forming a recess in the upper edge of this end wall.

ofthe contents. With boxes-of Zthe sizeshown in ,thesefigures, it is usually more convenient to form the resilient elementasa separate piece from the box. As shownit comprises a. base portion 38 having-one end portion formed .reversely crinkled as at 39. This element is placed in the box with the resilientportion 39v adjacent to the delivery end ofthe box; and beneath the slot 3l, so that the packof sheet material pieces 40 placed therein is pressed upwardly so that the, top face of .the topelementis readily accessible through theslot 31; It maybe drawn out readily between the-outeredge of the t op 33 ,and the top edge of the, .end wallformediby 1 the portions 34 and- 35. The depressioniormedsin the top of; the end wall by the-hoists facilitates the removal of thesheet material elements, such as labels, one by one.

In many instancesthe sheet material articles in thepackQwill-be in the form of labels, either bl nk-or having printing thereon on their outer 4 faces. and provided with, non-activated adhesive onitheirlowerf aces-such, for example, as dried guni,.,,Where. articles of this type are to be packed, it maybe found desirable to apply to the dispensing end of a; box an .adhesivesactivating devicepfor example, where. gumlabels are..em-. ployed this devicewill moisten thegummedfaces of the labels, as they arabeing withdrawn, .Such a deviceiis in FigurelO and comprises a receptacle dil having, a, base and side .andend walls andprovidedWith an op n top, Thev sides 4| of thisfreceptacle nay have spaced inwardlyturnededgamembers 42 which may be engaged between the, double end wall m mbersoi the'box andbe heldto theboxther.eby, The upper open endfl'ijoj the receptacle. may have positioned thereina wick member (#3 which. may be .3411111- ratedjwith an activating-asentior the particular adhesive employedon the, sheet material. pieces. Fonexa nple, wheregum is employed, the activate ing liquid m'ay be water and the upper ed e of this wwi s'ili is 50. position d. opp site to the dispensing end of the box or container that when the sheet material elements are drawn out therefrom, thei r adhesively coated faces wipe across and in contact with the upperedge of the wick and thus become activated sothat the-sheet ma-- terial piece being withdrawn isincondition for application-to any article to which it is desired that the label be afiixed.-

This cooperates with a slot 31 through i the top face 33 to facilitate access to and removal From the foregoing description of certain embodiments of this invention, it should be evident to those skilled in the art that various further changes and modifications may be made without departing from its spirit or scope.

I claim:

1. A package comprising a cardboard box having. a slot through one side face as the end thereof, a pack of superposed sheet material pieces enclosed by said box, the end face of the outer of said pieces being exposed for contact with the fingerithrough said slot for removal from said box, and a strip of sheet material within said box withswhichlthe opposite face of said pack may engager-saidstrip having its end portion back of said slot bent longitudinally in opposite directions a plurality-of times and forming a spring between said strip and the opposite inner face of said box pressing said pack toward said slot, said strip being integral with said box.

2. A packagecomprising'a blank of cardboard folded up to form a box having a base, sides, and:.ends,=one of said ends having an extension folded toward the opposite end of said box, said extension having an end portion crinkled". on itself a plurality of times and with its free end bearing ontsaidtbase adjacent to said opposite end, a pack of sheetnmaterial pieces within'said box and supported on'said extension,'said box having a cover member bridging "saidsides and having a slot therein at the end adjacent to said crinkled portion; through which access may be had to the outer facetof .theoutermost of the pieces of said pack and" facilitating "withdrawal" of said outermost piece from saidpackage between said cover memberandtone of said ends; a

3. A packagecomprising-a blank of sheet materiai foldedup to form a base, sides, ends and top saidwtop' bridging said sides and one, end terminating beneath said top, a cardboard strip within :said box having-an end portion crinkled ontitselff a plurality of times and with its end bearing:on-'the base of said box'a'djacent to said one end, and a pack of superposed sheet material pieces supported on-said strip and pressed by said crinkled end against said top, saidtop having an opening .therethroug'h at said one end and through which access may be had to the top face of the; topipiece'of saidpack to facilitate withdraWi-ngJof saidtop piece between the upper edge of said one end and said top.

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